Atom D2550 vs i5-8500T

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Primary details

Comparing Core i5-8500T and Atom D2550 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1234not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.80no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i5Intel Atom
Power efficiency13.17no data
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake-S (2017−2018)Cedarview (2011−2012)
Release date2 April 2018 (6 years ago)1 November 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$192no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i5-8500T and Atom D2550 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores6 (Hexa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads64
Base clock speed2.1 GHz1.86 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz1.87 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache384 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1.5 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache9 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm32 nm
Die size149 mm266 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data176 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-8500T and Atom D2550 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFCLGA1151FCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-8500T and Atom D2550. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+-
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX+-
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
SIPP+-
PAEno data36 Bit

Security technologies

Core i5-8500T and Atom D2550 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
Identity Protection+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-8500T and Atom D2550 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-d+-
VT-x+-
VT-ino data-
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-8500T and Atom D2550. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR3
Maximum memory size128 GB4 GB
Max memory channels21
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/s6.4 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics 630Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650
Max video memory64 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHzno data
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-8500T and Atom D2550 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported32
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
DVI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-8500T and Atom D2550 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-8500T and Atom D2550 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-8500T and Atom D2550.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes164

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

i5-8500T 7732
+1790%
Atom D2550 409

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

i5-8500T 1194
+1094%
Atom D2550 100

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

i5-8500T 4147
+1345%
Atom D2550 287

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2018 1 November 2011
Physical cores 6 2
Threads 6 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 10 Watt

i5-8500T has an age advantage of 6 years, 200% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

Atom D2550, on the other hand, has 250% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core i5-8500T and Atom D2550. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core i5-8500T is a desktop processor while Atom D2550 is a notebook one.


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